I agree with the poster on this. This is something that affects close to 20% of population to some degree, and we have to very carefull defenition of normalcy when comparing to others. My father is a good example of how this can be taken too far He started first grade in 1956 in (then) Soviet Russia. The teachers had rather strict guidelines about how to properly teach writing skills to seven year olds, which included the sitting postures, proper griping and so on. Since my father is left-handed, and the instructions stated that students should use their right hand, his left was tied to the chair during all classes where they practiced writing. That went on for about two years. After fifty years, while doing everything else with his left, he only writes with his right.
Personally, I have to deal with a case of ADD myself. I lucked out and found a few books on personal oragnisation skills very early on. I was still in high school and stumbled onto this while doing some reasearch. I was diagnosed with ADD much later on in life, when was 25, but by then I already developed the skills needed to be productive and sucessfull. Its been 4 years and my doctor is still trying to convice me to start a treatment program, which I am and will continue to refuse.
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I agree with the poster on this. This is something that affects close to 20% of population to some degree, and we have to very carefull defenition of normalcy when comparing to others. My father is a good example of how this can be taken too far He started first grade in 1956 in (then) Soviet Russia. The teachers had rather strict guidelines about how to properly teach writing skills to seven year olds, which included the sitting postures, proper griping and so on. Since my father is left-handed, and the instructions stated that students should use their right hand, his left was tied to the chair during all classes where they practiced writing. That went on for about two years. After fifty years, while doing everything else with his left, he only writes with his right.
Personally, I have to deal with a case of ADD myself. I lucked out and found a few books on personal oragnisation skills very early on. I was still in high school and stumbled onto this while doing some reasearch. I was diagnosed with ADD much later on in life, when was 25, but by then I already developed the skills needed to be productive and sucessfull. Its been 4 years and my doctor is still trying to convice me to start a treatment program, which I am and will continue to refuse.